Rug and curtain holder.



No. 861,279. 'PATENTED JULY 30, 1907. A. c. HAWTHORNE. RUG AND GURTAINHOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUHKM, 1904.

AMERICA 0. HAWTHORNE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

RUG AND CURTAIN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed June 24, 1904. Serial No. 214,052.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I,-AMERICA C. HAWTHORNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rug and Curtain Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved rug or curtain holding device designed especially for the purpose of securely fastening a rug or carpet upon a line while it is being beaten, and prevent it slipping as is the case when not secured to the line, and which is a great annoyance to those cleaning a rug or carpet.

It is therefore the object of my invention to provide a device for the above stated purpose that shall be cheap as to cost, simple in construction and easy of manipulation and with these objects in view my invention comprises certain details of construction and novelties of arrangement as will be fully explained hereinafter, reference being had to the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which,

Figure 1 shows the practical application of my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views illustrating the opposite sides of the device and its position when holding a rug or carpet upon a line. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the holder. I Fig. 5 is a central transverse sectional view.

As before stated the object of my device is to provide a holder for securely fastening or holding a rug or carpet upon a line to prevent its slipping while being beaten or cleaned and in carrying out the construction of the holder I employ a strand of wire which is bent intermediate its ends to form the inverted U-shaped loops AA, one side of each of which terminates in a convolute coil B from which extends the prongs C, said prongs extending through and beyond hooks D formed at the lower ends of the opposite sides of the loops. These hooks D are connected by a horizontal portion E of the wire, which is, in reality the central portion of the wire from which the device is formed, and to brace the device I employ a link F which connects the loops BB as clearly shown in the drawings. The prongs O are preferably pointed to permit of easy insertion through the article being held.

In operation after the rug or other article has been placed upon the line the prongs are disconnected from the hooks, the loops distended and placed to straddle the rug and supporting line, after which the prongs are push ed through the rug and caught in the hooks, which latter, securely lock the device into position and as will be readily understood, securely hold the rug upon the line.

From the foregoing it will be readily understood that I provide an exceedingly simple, cheap and convenient device for holding an article upon a supporting line and while I have shown and described the device as a rug holder I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to this specific use, as the device can be used for supporting curtains in place of the usual curtain rings.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A rug and curtain holder comprising two vertically arranged U -shaped members spaced apart and parallel to each other, the lower forward end of each of said members being bent upwardly and back upon itself to form a hook member, a coil formed on the rear ends of each of said U- shaped members, provided with forwardly projecting prongs, said prongs being transverse to the U-shaped members and adapted to engage the hook-members, and a link connecting the coil of the U-shaped members.

AMERICA C. HAVTHORNE.

Witnesses JAMES F. WARD, Cun'rrs J. WRIGHT. 

